Ministry of Women and Child Development
Schemes For Women Empowerment
The schemes and programmes implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for empowerment of women in the country including the State of Rajasthan during the last three years are as under:
- POSHAN Abhiyaan
- Anganwadi Services Scheme
- Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana 
- Beti Bachao Beti Padhao  Scheme
- One Stop Centre  and Universalisation of Women Helpline
- Child Protection Services Scheme
- Scheme for Adolescent Girls 
- Swadhar Greh Scheme
- Ujjawala Scheme
- Working Women Hostel
The State/UT-wise funds released/ provided under these schemes during the last three years are at Annexure.
In addition to above, the Government of India has taken various steps to ensure empowerment of women through their social, educational, economic and political uplifting through various schematic interventions. While the schemes implemented by the Government like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana , the National Social Assistance Programme  ensure that the women are socially sound, the initiatives like Samagra Shiksha, Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojna, Swacch Vidyalaya Mission, etc. promote girl's education especially for vulnerable sections of society and have adequate facilities in place to fulfill their special requirements.
Further, the National Education Policy , 2020 prioritises gender equity and envisions ensuring equitable access to quality education to all students, with a special emphasis on Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups .
In order to enhance the employability of female workers, the Government is providing training to them through a network of Women Industrial Training Institutes, National Vocational Training Institutes and Regional Vocational Training Institutes. To ensure economic independence of women through skill development and vocational training, the Government has also introduced Skill India Mission. The National Skill Development Policy focuses on inclusive skill development, with the objective of increased women participation for better economic productivity. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Kendras lay emphasis on creating additional infrastructure both for training and apprenticeship for women; flexible training delivery mechanisms, flexible afternoon batches on local need-based training to accommodate women; and ensuring safe and gender sensitive training environment, employment of women trainers, equity in remuneration, and complaint redressal mechanism. There are schemes like Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana and Stand Up India, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme , for helping the women to set up their own enterprise. Under the Swacch Vidyalaya Mission, it was ensured that all schools have at least one functional toilet for girls. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna  aims to safeguard the health of women by providing them with clean cooking fuel and also from drudgery of collecting firewood.
Further, in order to encourage employment of women, a number of enabling provisions have been incorporated in the recently enacted Labour Codes viz. the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 for creating congenial work environment for women workers. Stand Up India scheme promotes entrepreneurship amongst women. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005  mandates that at least one third of the jobs generated under the scheme  should be given to women. The data in respect of these schemes are maintained by the respective Ministries/ Departments.
The Government of India has also decided to implement the Umbrella Scheme for Safety, Security and Empowerment of Women as an integrated women empowerment program under the name ‘Mission Shakti’, for addressing the issues of women on a life-cycle continuum basis and for making them equal partners in nation-building through convergence at different levels of governance and a participative approach.
The schemes implemented by the Ministry are monitored at Central/ State/ District level in all States and UTs, including in Rajasthan. Further, third party evaluation of the schemes is undertaken for scheme appraisal and guidelines are revised from time to time for ensuring effective implementation of the schemes.
Under Anganwadi Services Scheme, a robust ICT enabled platform named Poshan tracker has been designed to capture real-time data on implementation and monitoring of Anganwadi Services across the country. The Poshan Tracker management application provides a 360 - degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre , service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers  and complete beneficiary management. Similarly, PMMVY is monitored through a centralized web based software named PMMVY-Common Application Software .
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.